Recommended Books In The 900-1000 Lexile Range

A reader was looking for examples of high-quality books for gifted/talented 4th and 5th graders, but she was constrained to a lexile range of 900-1000. I threw it out on Twitter and Facebook and got a ton of responses.

Have another rec in that range? Shoot it to me at @ianabyrd or email ian@byrdseed.com.

And the Narnia books are all faves of my classes that fall in that range.

Also, while not quite at 900…I’d recommend Brian Selznik’s books The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck (there’s another that I haven’t read yet but am hearing good things). There are so many rich experiences you could incorporate with these books…my students are always borrowing my copies. You could bring in higher lexiles with nonfiction accompaniments.

Amy Cipolla Barnes says: Have them check out the state just of books. The 2016-2017 Tennessee list of books is awesome and offers a mix of fiction and non-fiction that has something for boys and girls. We use the list for Battle of the Books in middle.

Shannon Vermeeren says: I have no idea what lexile range they are but: